Improvement in seats for eaevestees



@Sluiten faire @anni @frn EDWARD A. SMITH, OF ST. ALBANS, VERMONT,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN 4W. NEWTON.

Letters Patent No. 75,306, dated March 10, 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN SEATS POR HARVESTERS.

TO ALL'WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. SMITH, of St. Albans, in the State ofVermont, have` invented and made a. certain new and useful Improvementiu Seats for Mowing and Reaping-Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe saidinvention, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making part ofthis specification, wherein- Figure 1 is an inverted plan of theseat-supporter, and

Figure 2 is a vertical section ofthe seat and supporter.

' Similar letters denote the same parts.

The seats of mowing and reaping-machines are usually very uncomfortablefor the rider, in consequence ofthe same being more or less rigid,andreceiving the jar and tremor of the machine as it rolls upon theribbed wheels and over unevensurf'aces. L

The nature of my said invention consists in a seat for mowers andreapers, formed with helical springs introduced between the seat and thesupporting-bar, the ends of said springs being received in sockets onthe respective parts, and the seat and bar being held together by ascrew-link that allows the parts to move freely, `but prevents them fromseparating when in use. By this construction a cheap, easy, strong, andreliable seat is obtained, and one that has a free vertical and lateralmotion, thus relieving the driver from the unpleasant jarusual in theseats heretofore employed.

In the drawing, a represents the seat-supporter, formed at one end witha foot, b, to bo attached to the reaper or mower, and at the other endwith the iiange e, that receives the crown-plate cl, upon which aresockets e, for the springsf, standing around in a. circular range. gisthe scat, of a suitable size and shape, with sockets L upon the underside, for `the upper ends of the springsf. A screw-link, z', connectsthe seat y with the supporter-flange c. The hole through which such linkpasses is Asufficiently large to allow the parts to move freely as theseat-springs yield to concussion or pressure.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The seat for mowers or reapers, formed with sockets on the under side ofthe seat, receiving helical or spiral springs,- in combination with thesockets on thc crown-piece or seat-supporter, aud with theconnectinglink i, substantiallyfas and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this ifteenth dayof November, A. D. 1867.

E. A. SMITH Witnesses:

MARTIN A. SEYMOUR, E. N. BISHOP.

